Language & Literacy Education
Catherine Ritz
Dr. Catherine Ritz is a clinical associate professor and the program director for the World Language Education and Curriculum & Teaching programs at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She teaches courses on world language pedagogy, research, and learning design, as well as courses on curriculum and teaching across content areas. Dr. Ritz’s […]
Julia Spiegelman
Julia Donnelly Spiegelman is a part-time instructor of second language acquisition in the Language & Literacy Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research and activism focus on the intersection of power, identity, and ideology in K–16 world language classrooms, seeking to document, understand, and oppose the workings of […]
Jess Surles
Jess Surles is a research scientist at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Ms. Surles partners with literacy experts and university researchers to integrate current research and professional learning for classroom practitioners, leadership, and educational agencies. Her recent work includes curriculum development, supporting educators with the implementation of evidence-based literacy practices, and […]
Eli Tucker-Raymond
Dr. Eli Tucker-Raymond is a research associate professor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Tucker-Raymond’s research focuses on ways to connect learning spaces to youth culture and to the human experience as a relational phenomenon more broadly, particularly for young people who come from groups that are disproportionately affected negatively […]
Noah Veloz
Noah Veloz is a doctoral student in the Language & Literacy Education program at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Their focus is on adult immigrant and refugee education, focusing on the nonprofit sector and language acquisition for adults with limited or interrupted formal education. This was also the subject of their master’s […]
Sen Wang
Dr. Sen Wang is a research assistant professor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is a faculty affiliate of the Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education (WISE). Dr. Wang’s research explores how various types of language exposure, through books, multimedia, and social interaction, contribute to early language development. She […]
Beth Warren
Dr. Beth Warren is the Sylvia Earl Professor and director of the Earl Center for Learning & Innovation. She is also a professor in the department of Language & Literacy Education. Dr. Warren’s research imagines possibilities for learning and teaching beyond the settled forms of schooling that have failed too many of our children and […]
Yan Yan
Yan Yan is a doctoral student in Language & Literacy Education at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her areas of research include pedagogy-focused applied linguistics on writing research, deficiencies in TESOL teacher training, and applications to college academic writing instruction. Before joining BU, she taught practical English at Penn Graduate School of […]
Andrea Zayas
A nationally recognized leader in education policy and practice, Andrea Zayas envisions self-determined communities of color teeming with thinkers, doers, and makers who are inspired and prepared from youth to use their gifts in service to collective wellness. Across her career, she has leveraged her experience as a public school teacher and mother to build […]
Weiqiao Zhang
Weiqiao (Liana) Zhang is a doctoral student in Language & Literacy Education at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Weiqiao’s research interests include academic language development, multilingual communication, and the identity construction of Chinese graduate students in English-dominant academic settings where she focuses on Chinese international students’ capability to leverage multilingual and multicultural […]